Fishing-tackle.



1.8.TUKEY.

FISHING TACKLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14. I911.

Patgmed Dec. 11,1917".

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS JAMES S. TUKEY, 0F BELGRADE, MAINE.

FISHING-TACKLE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed April 14, 1917. Serial No. 161,986.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be, it known that I, JAMES SAMUEL TUKEY, a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Belgrade, in the county of- Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Tackle, of which the following is a specification. 4 My invention is an improvement in fishing tackle and has for its object to provide mechanism to be arranged between the line and the hook, for permitting the hook to yield with respect to the line, and to turn with respectto the line, and wherein said means will act as a sinker for the hook.

' In the drawings Figure 1 is a front view of the attachment in place,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow adjacent the line,

Fig. 3 is a front view of a modified construction,

Fig. 1 is an end view.

- Figs. 5 and 6 are side views with parts in section of modified constructions.

In the embodiment of invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the line 1 is connected to the leader .2 of the hook 3, by means of a coil spring 4. At each end of the coil spring is arranged an eye 5, each eye having-a shank 6, which is swiveled in an eye-.7 on the adj acent end of' the spring, in such manner that the shank of the ring may turn in'the eye on an axis corresponding with the axis of the spring. The line 1 is connected to the eye 5 while the leader 2 has a loop 8 for connection with the eye 5 at the other end .of the spring. 5

With the may 'yield with respecttotheline to prevent breakage and it may turn with respect to the ring to prevent twisting of the lineand to preventtearingof the hook fromthe fishs mouth, and at the same time the spring serves as a sinker for the hook.

improved attachment, the hook- Patented Dec 11,1917.

In the embodiment of invention shownin i I Figs. 3 and 4, the spring 9 has swiveled on each of its ends a plate '10, and a substanstantially U-shaped member consisting of sections 11 and 12 is connected with each plate, the arms of the U-shaped members being passed through openings in the ends of the plate and headed as shown at 14, each arm having a stop 15 at the outer side ofthe,

plate. These U-shaped members 12--13 a're in effect snap hooks, and the leader 15 is connected with one swivel, the leader 16 being connected with the other.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 5 the spring 18 has its ends reduced as shown and in each end is swiveled a shank 19, the said shanks having eyes 20 at their outer ends for engagement by the line i and leader respectively. The inner end of ment with the reduced portion of the spring prevents disengagement of the shank. metal ball 12 is mounted on each shank. In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 6 the spring 23 has its ends reduced each shank has a head 21 which by engage 21 ofFig. 5, and the balls and heads of Fig.-

6 prevent disengagement of the'shanks but permit rotation of the same.

Fishing tackle, comprising in combination with the hook and the line, of acoil spring interposed between the hook and'the line and serving as a sinker,-shanks swiveled in the ends of the spring,'each shankmhaving an eye for connection with the line" and leader of the hook, respectively, each shank having a head for preventing disengagement thereof. a

JAMES s. TUKE-YQ 

